ASIAN ART
THE AUCTION WILL RESTART AT 3.00 PM
AUCTION
Thursday 12 June 2025
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-260) to 3.00 p.m. (lots 261-470)
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
VIEWING
From Friday 6 to Thursday 12 June (Sunday excluded), from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
Lot 176
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with blue glaze, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the center of the base.
14.8 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 177
Tripod incense burner
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue dragon decoration.
3.5 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 178
Small bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Green glazed porcelain.
4.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 179
Dish
China, probably Ming dynasty
Bronze, the center with a circular medallion with a yin-yang symbol and three fishes, the rim with paired stylized leaves.
Diameter 14.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 180
Amitayus
China, 20th Century
Gilt-bronze, the deity seated cross-legged on a double lotus flower base.
3.9 x 3.5 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 181
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base with legs crossed in lalitasana, dressed in a large robe that leaves the chest exposed with elaborate jewelry, in each hand a flowering stem, near the shoulder on one side a bird, on the other an ewer, the head
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Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 182
Pair of small bowls
China, 17th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the exterior with dragons amidst clouds, both with apocryphal Chenghua mark to the center of the base.
2 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 183
Two large dishes
China, Qianlong period
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the center with a medallion with a lotus flower with four groups of flowers around.
Diameter 13.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 184
Cup and case
China, early 18th Century
Porcelain cup with a ‘café au lait’ exterior and an internal floral decoration in enamels of the ‘Imari’ type, within beautiful and rare European-made leather case with embossed floral decoration and velvet interior.
3.1 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 185
Large cachepot
China, 19th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the decoration consisting of a procession of soldiers on horseback and infantry in the landscape, the elegant carved wooden support with the ends of the crosspieces modeled as a ruyi scepter head.
The vase 18.5 x 21.3 x 21.3
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 186
Four small paintings
China, 19th Century
Ink and colours on paper, three depicting characters engaged in everyday activities within a gilt-wood tripartite frame, the fourth depicting a composition with flowers and birds, within a wooden frame.
The largest 2.8 x 9.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 187
Tablet, Hu
China, probably Ming dynasty
Ivory.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
18.9 x 2 in.
This type of artifact was used exclusively in an imperial context: officials visiting the court were given it before being in the presence of the sovereign so as to protect him from airborne contamination by
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 188
Eight ink sticks
China, 20th Century
Each with a polychrome decoration of landscape, within case.
The largest 4.3 x 1.4 x 0.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 189
Guanyin with deer
China, 19th Century
Partially gilt-wood, the deity standing on a shaped section base, dressed in a flowing robe tied at the waist, at her side a deer, symbol of longevity.
Missing parts.
10.6 x 4.5 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 190
Large brush pot
China, 20th Century
Carved lacquer with a motif of dragons in relief.
9.1 x 7.3 x 7.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 191
Three deities
China, 19th-20th Century
Partially painted wood, the highest depicting a bodhisattva seated on the back of a bull.
The highest 18.5 x 6.7 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 192
Six panels
China, 20th Century
Hardwood, the inside of each divided into four large sections, two with a refined carving of stylised dragons, the other two with metal plaques with polychrome cloisonné enamel decoration of floral compositions and groups of objects in an archaic style.
87.4 x 15.7 x 1.8
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 193
Pair of armchairs
China, 20th Century
Hardwood, the backrest with a carving of flowers, birds and bats.
39 x 24.4 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 194
Large carpet
China, 20th Century
Ochre ground and fine polychrome floral decoration.
199.6 x 131.9 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 195
Container with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels in light relief, with exuberant decoration of landscapes within reserves, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the centre of the base.
6.9 x 8.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 196
Small dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, a decoration of a dragon flying amidst darts and the Pearl.
Diameter 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 197
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with red glaze, a green dragon in relief between shoulder and neck, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base.
9.4 x 4.1 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 198
Dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, on the bottom and on the outside of the wall decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds in pursuit of the Pearl, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
Diameter 10.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 199
Beaker
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the ‘wucai’ type, a decoration of suns among stylised clouds, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the centre of the base.
3 x 3.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 200
Small dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the bottom and the outside of the wall with stylised flowers, ruyi scepter heads and auspicious characters, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base.
Diameter 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100